Biology Comps Presentations, Monday, 1/29, 3:30-4:30 pm, 141 and 149 Olin

25 January 2024

We will host public presentations for students completing Fall/Winter comps in weeks 5-9. Our first sessions will be on Monday, 1/29, between 3:30-4:30 with 15-minute long presentations in Olin 141 and in Olin 149. All are encouraged to come support the ‘24 comps class and learn about what they learned about on their comps journey! Attendance for a full hour-long session counts as seminar credit and cookies will be served.

Here is the lineup of speakers in Olin 141:

3:30-3:50 – Vanessa Czerniecki, “Disordered Flanking Regions of Viral Short Linear Motfis”

3:50-4:10 – Alice McClain, “Gardening the reef: future-proofing coral through assisted evolution”

And here is the lineup of speakers in Olin 149:

3:30-3:50 – Brenna Russell, “Optimizing fiber: A butyrogenic diet”

3:50-4:10 – Abby Ignasiak, “Turn up the heat: the importance of temperature-mediated regulation of fHbp in N. meningitidis”

4:10-4:30 – Vasilii Vaganov, “Unveiling Cellular Secrets: The Role of Membraneless Organelles”